Humanities – Page 6 – Janet Ruth Heller

Bridget Smith’s Review of Janet Ruth Heller’s Picture Book about Bullying How the Moon Regained Her Shape

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 3, 2016
Post category:Book Review Books Bullying Children's Literature Fiction Humanities Literature Picture Book Psychological Issues Reviews

Dear Friends, Bridget Smith is a seven-year-old Michigan girl with her own website where she reviews books and interviews authors. Her mother assists her. On October 2, 2016, Bridget Smith posted a review of my book about bullying How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale 2006; rpt. 2012). The link to her review is http://wp.me/p7DVPb-rs Bridget reminds me of myself when I was in elementary school: my goal was to read all of the books in the school's library. Best wishes for the new school year! Sincerely, Janet My website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/

Interview with Erin Fanning about Poetry, My Influences, and My Writing

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 24, 2015
Post category:Fiction Humanities Interviews Literature Poetry

Dear Friends,

In honor of National Poetry Day, Erin Fanning recently posted my interview with her about poetry, my influences, and my writing. You can find the interview at this link: http://wp.me/p1lmEO-tw (more…)

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.